Psychology: Module 33

When she missed her morning bus ride to work, Shelly's blood pressure rose and she experienced a throbbing headache. Her physical responses to missing the bus were:

stress reactions.

The second phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) is characterized by:

resistance.

Although fear can have negative consequences, it can also be adaptive. Which of the following is an example of an adaptive fear response?

All of these examples demonstrate that fear can be an adaptive response.

These lymphocytes release antibodies that fight bacterial infections.

B lymphocytes

Raj has a lot on his plate. He works full-time, has a second part-time job, and is building a new consulting company based on his son's special needs. He has a lot of stress in his life, but seems to be coping with everything quite well (for the moment, anyway). According to Hans Selye, he is in which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Phase 2, in a state of resistance

People who are competitive, super-motivated, impatient, and verbally aggressive are likely to be classified as:

Type A personalities.

Friedman and Rosenman referred to relaxed and easygoing individuals as ________ personalities.

Type B

Immigrants may experience culture shock and deteriorating well-being shortly after migration. This is known as:

acculturative stress.

Cancer-producing substances are known as:

carcinogens.

Studying initially healthy men over a 10-year period, researchers found that pessimistic adult men were more than twice as likely as optimistic men to experience:

coronary heart disease.

In times of stress the adrenal glands secrete stress hormones such as:

epinephrine.

A stressor is a(n):

external event that threatens or challenges us.

Walter Cannon perceived the stress response to be highly adaptive because it prepared the organism for:

fight or flight.

Dr. Harper is studying the effects of HIV awareness campaigns and the reduction of new HIV cases within the Latino population of a major city. He is examining what is working, and what is not working, to stem the tide of new cases in this high-risk area of the city. He is also looking at medication compliance and wellness examinations. He is a:

health psychologist.

Although stress does not create cancer cells, it may affect their growth by suppressing the activity of:

lymphocytes.

Researchers have reported a relationship between _____________ and the progression of HIV infection to AIDS.

negative emotions